Freight Shipments Suffer Steepest Drops since Financial Crisis, Overcapacity Balloons by Wolf Richter • Aug 16, 2019 • 77 Comments For Trucking and Railroads, it’s Hangover Time.
“Transportation Recession” Gets Uglier by Wolf Richter • Jul 15, 2019 • 46 Comments US freight shipments fall for 7th month in a row. After the boom, the bust.
Trucking & Rail Shipments Sink as US Goods-Based Sector Slows by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2019 • 77 Comments Weakness in transportation deepens. Freight rates still rising, but also coming under pressure.
What Truckers & Railroads Said About the Economy: Blistering Demand is Backing Off, Cyclicality Lives by Wolf Richter • Sep 13, 2018 • 15 Comments But the cost of shipping surges, no holds barred.
What Truckers & Railroads Just Said about the US Economy by Wolf Richter • Aug 16, 2018 • 24 Comments It’s cyclical.
What’s Going on in Trucking and Rail? by Wolf Richter • Jul 19, 2018 • 54 Comments “Many modes are reporting limited capacity or no capacity at any price that shippers are willing to pay.”
Trucking, Rail Freight Prices Surge, Trigger “Inflationary Concerns” by Wolf Richter • Jun 18, 2018 • 57 Comments Everything is spiking.
Freight Costs, Volume, Demand All Surge across Trucking & Rail, Inflation Fears Heat Up by Wolf Richter • May 21, 2018 • 88 Comments The Transportation Boom after the Transportation Recession.
US Freight Expenditures Surge 15.6% from Year Ago by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2018 • 33 Comments Trucking, rail freight volume and rates surge, “pricing power has erupted.”
Freight Costs and Volumes Surge, Inflation Fears Heat Up by Wolf Richter • Mar 22, 2018 • 51 Comments “We are seeing an unprecedented rise in logistics costs,” General Mills CEO
